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Johnny Got His Gun

Dalton Trumbo
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literary fiction war literature past tense third limited POV ~278 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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existential claustrophobic desolate

A slow-burn and dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable violence.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 15
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 95
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 40%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count69,470
Page count~278 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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